Work & commute · Marshfield

Work & commute in Marshfield, ME

Most working residents leave Marshfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (43%), Machiasport (5%) and Bangor (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Marshfield residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshfield.

160live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshfield goes to work

Machias4.1 mi away

43%71

Machiasport9.7 mi away

5%9

Bangor64.7 mi away

5%8

East Machias3.4 mi away

4%6

Portland154.9 mi away

3%5

Orono62.6 mi away

3%5

Marshfield (in town)right here

3%5

Columbia Falls12.2 mi away

2%4

Augusta114.9 mi away

2%3

Ellsworth50.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%46

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Marshfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

59%

30%

59%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshfield is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshfield are

85 jobs are based in Marshfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshfield

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Marshfield residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+21%

Jobs based in Marshfield, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 85. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.